We Took Our First Vacation Day

Ok guys, I know I've made you wait a long time for the next post, so I thought, lets make it a good one.  I won't need to employ too much witty commentary because the pictures are truly worth a thousand words.   I may just sprinkle a few words here and there.....

Last weekend we enjoyed a visit from our dear friends we met on our first project in Moldova.  If you followed my blog from then you will remember that when Matthew and Margaret came to the project there, the brothers thought they were Matt's parents because they had the same name.  We have called them our construction parents ever since.  We visited them earlier this year, on our way home from Nigeria and  had a fantabulous time.  When we said goodbye at the train station we had no idea that we would see them again this same year.  However, it turned out that they got to pass through S.A. branch en route home from an assignment of their own.  So we were #reunitedagain as they say on Instagram.  We decided that the best thing to do was take our first day off as construction servants and go see.......(drumroll)........

Ha!  Gotcha.  We did see these during the day and enjoyed them too, but that was while we were waiting for this......(drumroll, for reals this time)......

Oh but wait, it gets better!!!

Seeeeriously gets even better:

Already has well developed claws, check those bad boys out.

The only thing as good as seeing your man holding a baby lion is getting to hold one yourself:

I shall call you squishy and you shall be my squishy. - Dory

Well I don't want to overwhelm you with too many pictures in one post, but I will post another one soon, with more lions.

To be continued.........